MacRumors: Game Developers Scaling Back Android Efforts as iPhone Continues to Dominate

Reuters reports that prominent iPhone game developer Gameloft is scaling back its efforts to produce content for the Android platform in the face of weaknesses of its application store. Gameloft also notes that it is not the only one making the move...

iPhone Coming to Virgin Mobile Canada

Virgin Mobile Canada issued a brief announcement yesterday revealing that it will begin offering the iPhone there in the near future.

Virgin Mobile Canada will launch iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS in Virgin Mobile Retail Stores and online ...

What You Missed This Week: Pirated Apps, App Approval, iPhone Tips and More…

In case you missed the festivities, here is a summary of the articles published on the blog this week.

An anti-jailbreak converts and goes to the dark side – In this post, Clay explains why he jumped the fence and decided to jailbreak his iPhone.

Is iPhone app piracy bad? – A quick look at how app piracy is not as bad as they want you to believe.

How to use your iPhone as a USB drive – A simple trick to use your iPhone as an external hard drive.

10 tips for iPhone users – Here are 10 tips every iPhone user should not, but probably don’t.

Should Apple scrap the app approval process – A reflexion on how Apple should handle app approvals.

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This is Who I am! Who Are You?

Warning: this post has nothing to do with the iPhone, but it has everything to do with ME and YOU!

My blog is over a year and half old now and it’s doing pretty well. On average, 20,000 of you come and read my rants and thoughts every days. I want to thank you all for that.

Within the past year, I have noticed a few people commenting on the blog on a regular basis. These people are what I call the “loyal readers”. They are the one emailing me to ask if I’m ok when I don’t post an article on time. They are also the one challenging my thoughts either on the blog, the forum, or on Twitter.

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AT&T “Sets the Record Straight” with 2 New Anti-Verizon Commercials

AT&T has just revealed two new commercials that again, take aim at Verizon. Did you really expect anything different? Both of these new ads star Luke Wilson just like the “Side by Side” commercial that debuted last week. As you can see above, “Two Phones” concentrates on the fact that you need two phones to talk and surf the Web at the same time unlike on the AT&T network. To be fair, AT&T left out the fact Verizon customers could actually use WiFi if the phone supported it. We’re just saying…

The other commercial, “Postcards”, highlights the fact that AT&T’s network covers 97% of Americans. As much as I enjoy my AT&T service they failed to mention a decent amount of

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How to: Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 3G/3GS 3.1.2 Using blackra1n and blacksn0w — Mac OS X Edition

blackra1n is the latest, simplest Jailbreak tool from iPhone hacker George Hotz (Geohot) and supports all modern iPhone and iPod touch devices running the latest 3.1.2 firmware. blacksn0w is the associated Unlock utility. (Jailbreaking lets you run software not approved by Apple, like background tasks, Google Voice apps, etc. Unlocking lets you use your iPhone on other carriers, like T-Mobile US or international carriers when traveling). blackra1n makes the process faster and easier than ever before, but if you need extra help, TiPb has your back.

Note: For those of you who are planning on jailbreaking your new iPhone 3GS with the updated bootrom, you should be aware that BlackRa1n supports only a

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